Chapter 922: Chapter 895:
Hei Hu displayed a smug smile, looking at Liu San who was within arm’s reach, he grinned and said, "Kid, you’re dead today!"
Liu San swallowed a mouthful of saliva, gazing at Hei Hu anxiously. He knew turning around to run was impossible. Rather than dying a humble death, it was better to die a glorious one. Liu San roared in anger, "Damn it, if I’m dying today, I’m taking you with me!"
"Come on. I want to see how you’ll kill me!" Hei Hu still had a dagger stuck in his eyeball, looking extremely terrifying. He walked towards Liu San step by step. King Guangmu and the other two Heavenly Kings shouted, "Brother San, run!"
Liu San decided to die a glorious death. He stood his ground, taking a fighting stance. As Hei Hu approached him, he gritted his teeth, ready to charge. Then Hei Hu suddenly quickened his pace, a manic grin appearing in his left eye. He shouted, "Kid, prepare to die!"
"Who’s going to die isn’t certain yet!"
Suddenly, a cold flash glinted, a dagger pierced straight through Hei Hu’s abdomen, entering from his front and coming out his back. Hei Hu was startled by the sudden appearance of this person. He hurriedly steadied himself, and from behind Liu San, gracefully walked out a man dressed in white. His hair was elegantly styled.
"Brother Chen!" King Guangmu immediately shouted.
"Gang Leader!" The little brothers from the Heavenly Reversal Gang also saw Ye Chen’s arrival and everyone exclaimed in surprise.
"Tsk, tsk, looks like my aura is still strong!" Ye Chen arrogantly flipped his hair, then grinned and said, "Finally experiencing what it’s like to be a star!"
Pfft...
Everyone burst into laughter, clutching their stomachs. Ye Chen walked to Liu San’s side, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Liu San, you go, leave this to me!"
"Brother Chen, you must be careful, this guy is impervious to blades and bullets, and his strength is quite formidable!" Liu San said urgently.
"Don’t worry, I can handle him!" Ye Chen smiled calmly.
"Mm!" Liu San nodded, then retreated to the side.
Ye Chen’s sudden appearance threw Hei Hu off his game. The intel Hei Hu received indicated that Ye Chen was in Canada, so how could he have arrived in Tongzhou City so quickly? As the boss, does he handle everything personally? Clearly, Hei Hu underestimated Ye Chen’s dedication to his little brothers. Upon learning that the Fierce Tiger Gang was sweeping across Tongzhou City, Ye Chen rushed here at the first opportunity. Especially after hearing that Liu Momo was kidnapped by them, he was even more furious.
"Ye Chen, do you think you can solve all this just by showing up?" Hei Hu grinned.
"Hei Hu, you don’t belong in this world. Now, I’ll send you back to yours!" Ye Chen smiled calmly.
"Hmph, who can’t talk big!" Hei Hu laughed coldly.
"Come on, let me send you back!" Ye Chen, as if performing magic, had a dagger appear in his hand. The dagger emitted a faint glow in the night. He wore a cold smirk. Hei Hu laughed heartily, "Ye Chen, you seem to have forgotten something!"
"What is it?" Ye Chen looked at him puzzled.
"Isn’t Liu Momo your god-sister?" Hei Hu laughed heartily. Ye Chen’s heart tightened, and he quickly asked, "What have you done to her?"
"I didn’t do anything to her; it’s your people who did!" Hei Hu glanced at the raging fire behind him and said, "Liu Momo is right here, what? Do you still have the leisure to stand here?!"
Ye Chen’s eyes widened instantly. Liu San quickly said, "Brother Chen, we... we didn’t know Princess Momo was inside. Oh no, hurry, put out the fire!"
The Heavenly Reversal Gang was still in chaos, unable to spare anyone to put out the fire. As the flames reached the roof, there was no way to know what the situation inside was like. Ye Chen’s face turned pale with fright, and he glared at Hei Hu, saying, "Then let me kill you first, and then save her!"
They say saving lives is as urgent as putting out a fire, and yet Ye Chen, surprisingly, wasn’t in a rush. Hei Hu frowned, saying, "Come on, by the time you kill me, Liu Momo would probably be dead inside!"
"Then let the whole Fierce Tiger Gang be buried with her." Ye Chen gritted his teeth.
"Hmph, bring it on!" Hei Hu set up his stance.
Ye Chen kicked the ground with his right foot, stirring up a cloud of dirt. The spot where Ye Chen had been standing just a moment ago revealed a deep imprint. Ye Chen’s speed was incredibly fast, beyond Hei Hu’s ability to track. Hei Hu widened his eyes, looking at Ye Chen’s incredible speed, and he was suddenly filled with fear. In his impression, Ye Chen could barely fight him to a draw; when did he improve so much? Unbeknownst to him, ever since Ye Chen had entered the seventh layer from the fifth in the Ancient Lava Cave, the change in power had already been surpassed.
"Not good, he’s coming!" Hei Hu’s heart jolted.
Puchi...
By the time he reacted, the knife had already flashed past his eyes. From beginning to end, Hei Hu couldn’t see where Ye Chen’s strike came from, nor could he see how he moved past him. He only saw a bright flash, and after that, he couldn’t see anything anymore. In the moment Hei Hu lost consciousness, he seemed to hear some ghostly things calling him, and also as if he heard two voices discussing something nearby...
Hiss...
Liu San and King Guangmu and the others gasped in shock, stunned by Ye Chen’s move. Ye Chen’s speed and the burst of power at the moment of his strike—he was able to cut off a massive human head with just a dagger.
"Brother Chen is mighty!" Liu San couldn’t help but exclaim.
"Brother Chen is mighty!" The crowd nodded in agreement.
"Hei Hu is dead, those of the Fierce Tiger Gang who surrender will not be killed!" Ye Chen swung the severed head, raising his arm. The members of the Fierce Tiger Gang, seeing this, were so terrified they retreated in haste. Everyone frantically fled. With Hei Hu dead, what was there left to fight for?
Soon, the members of the Fierce Tiger Gang fled. The people of the Heavenly Reversal Gang hurriedly began to put out the fire. However, such a large blaze couldn’t be controlled by human effort alone. Spraying water inside at this time would only consume the oxygen inside faster. Ye Chen shouted, "Stop spraying water, get inside and find people!"
Ye Chen wrapped himself in a wet blanket, ignoring the crowd’s persuasion, he was the first to rush inside.
"It’s over, Brother Chen went inside!" Liu San stood dumbfounded at the door.
"Damn it, what are we waiting for, get ready to go in!" King Guangmu shouted. Then, King Guangmu led a group of people quickly inside.
Ye Chen braved the blazing fire; the room was filled with thick, rolling smoke. As soon as Ye Chen rushed in from the door, he immediately tripped over bodies piled at the entrance. These people were not killed by anyone but suffocated by the smoke here. They wanted to escape, but feared being burned by the fire at the door, so they struggled at the entrance.
Along the way, Ye Chen saw dozens of corpses. Ye Chen anxiously searched each room, even though he was once very familiar with this place, under the cover of fire and smoke, the familiar paths became strange. Ye Chen was anxiously searching for Liu Momo, but after checking all the rooms on the first floor, he still couldn’t find any sign of Liu Momo.
This made Ye Chen even more anxious.
"Help, help!" A weak voice came from the stairwell. Ye Chen was stunned for a moment, and he quickly rushed towards that voice. At the stairwell, a young man lay on the stairs, carrying a sack on his back. Ye Chen hurried over and asked, "Are you from the Fierce Tiger Gang?"
"Brother, I...I’m not, I’m just a thief!" The young man seemed to have found his savior. He weakly pointed to the bag beside him and said, "I saw the fire here, so I came in to scavenge a few things while the fire wasn’t big yet. How was I supposed to know that once I got in, I couldn’t get out, and now I’m...I’m too weak to walk!"
"Did you see a girl? About 1.65 meters tall, very pretty!" Ye Chen urgently asked.
"I-I saw her, I just saw her in the dungeon!" the thief hurriedly said, "I was going to save her, but unfortunately, she was chained up, and I couldn’t open the chains, so I couldn’t save her!"
"Damn it!" Ye Chen cursed and rushed towards the dungeon.
"Hey, brother, save me first!" the thief hurriedly waved his hand.
"Someone will come to save you soon, shout loudly!" Ye Chen ran out without looking back. The thief could only shout desperately.
In the dungeon, although there was no raging fire, there was deadly thick smoke. The dungeon had only a small ventilation duct. Usually, a ventilation fan would be spinning there, but the fire had damaged the circuits, and the fan wouldn’t turn at all. So the entire dungeon was filled with smoke. The dungeon only held Liu Momo alone.
Ever since Liu Momo was captured after work the day before yesterday, she had been imprisoned here. This place was pitch-black, with the only light coming from that ventilation duct. Every day, as she watched the continuously spinning ventilation fan, she wondered when Brother Chen would come to get her?
Maybe Brother Chen didn’t even know she was captured, or perhaps Brother Chen didn’t care about her at all. After such a long time, any close relationship would become distant, wouldn’t it? Brother Chen only promised her mother that he would take good care of her when she went to school. Now that she’s twenty, she’s no longer the eighteen-year-old girl that needed someone to rely on. At twenty, one should be independent.